Generation of Fock States in the One-Atom Maser

Abstract

In this paper we give a survey of our experiments performed with the one-atom maser or micromaser on the generation of Fock states. Three methods can be used for this purpose: the trapping states leading to Fock states in a continuous wave operation; state reduction of a pulsed pumping beam and finally using a pulsed pumping beam to produce Fock states on demand. In the latter case trapping states stabilize the photon number.KeywordsTrapping StatePhoton NumberAtomic BeamRydberg AtomPump RateThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.